OZONE HOLE
September 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HOPES that the shrinking of the world's ozone hole might lead to its disappearance altogether have been shown to be premature. Satellite data from the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute has shown this year's ozone hole was nearly as large as in 2000, after it shrank by 40 per cent and even split in two during 2002.
HOPES that the shrinking of the world's ozone hole might lead to its disappearance altogether have been shown to be premature. Satellite data from the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute has shown this year's ozone hole was nearly as large as in 2000, after it shrank by 40 per cent and even split in two during 2002.
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